So Close to Heaven: The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas

Barbara Crossette. Vintage Books USA, $16 (320pp) ISBN 978-0-679-74363-7

Journalist Crossette visits the last remaining strongholds of Tantric Buddhism, examining the ways this culture has preserved its uniqueness amidst the homogenizing influences of contemporary geopolitics. (July)

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